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    RICHARD DICKINS - BORN BIRMINGHAM 1810

    Hi I did think that my Richard and Henry Fowler could be brothers, and I certainly think they are closely related. I am in touch with a direct descendant of John Dickins (Henry Fowler's father) whose mother is a dna match to myself, and John Dickins was her great grandfather. I therefore am...
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    RICHARD DICKINS - BORN BIRMINGHAM 1810

    Henry Fowler Dickins was in partnership with my Richard Dickins, and Richard's children were given the same names as John and Ann Dickins' children. John and Ann's daughter was also a witness at Richard's marriage. I therefore assume there is a family connection, but I have not been able to...
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    RICHARD DICKINS - BORN BIRMINGHAM 1810

    Hi I have several records for his marriage to Anne, but it is just before certification, and there is no mention of his father on the banns etc. I am in touch with a lovely gentleman with the Albrighton FHS, who has checked the parish records on my behalf, and there is no mention of Richard's...
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    RICHARD DICKINS - BORN BIRMINGHAM 1810

    Hi Lyn Yes, that is my Richard. He dissolved the tailor's business, and became registrar of births and deaths in Albrighton. Andie
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    RICHARD DICKINS - BORN BIRMINGHAM 1810

    Hi I have been looking for any sign of my 3x great grandfather, Richard Dickins, in the Birmingham records for many years now, but with no luck. On the census records he consistently said that the was born in 1810 in Birmingham. I can find a record for a Richard Dickins who was christened...
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